Silas Talbot

Silas Talbot (11 January 1751-30 June 1813) was a member of the US House of Representatives (F-NY 10) from 4 March 1793 to 5 June 1794, preceding William Cooper.

Biography
Silas Talbot was born in Dighton, Massachusetts on 11 January 1751, and he served as a Captain in a Rhode Island regiment of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. After the war, he settled in Johnstown, New York, where he purchased William Johnson's manor house and estate, and served in the State Assembly from 1792 to 1793. He went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1793 to 1794, but he resigned to become one of the first six captains of the US Navy. From 1799 to 1801, he commanded the USS Constitution, protecting American commerce from French privateers during the Quasi War. He resigned in 1801 and died in New York City in 1813.